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cmd/compile: cannot assign to .byte #14010

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rsc opened this issue Jan 19, 2016 · 1 comment
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cmd/compile: cannot assign to .byte #14010

rsc opened this issue Jan 19, 2016 · 1 comment
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rsc commented Jan 19, 2016

package p

func f() {
    byte = 0
}

In both Go 1.5 and Go 1.6 prints:

/tmp/x.go:4: type byte is not an expression
/tmp/x.go:4: cannot assign to .byte

That's fine except for the dot in .byte - where did that come from?
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